Category Archives: Meditations by P.Wilhelm Löhe (Translation)

Löhe on 2.Corinthians 3:6

He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant– not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (2Co 3:6 NIV) “Ministry of the new covenant”- what a name is … Continue reading

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Löhe on 2.Corinthians 3:4-5

Such confidence we have through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. (2Co 3:4-5 NIV) The apostle St. Paul has a living confidence in God’s special … Continue reading

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Löhe on John 16:33

But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (Joh 16:33 NIV) When Jesus first said these words, his disciples did not understand him. According to his previous announcement concerning his deliverance into the hands of sinners all now appeared as … Continue reading

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Löhe on John 16:33

In this world you will have trouble.  (Joh 16:33 NIV) This life has troubles and fears in which we human beings are just not able to cope and where all our wisdom can’t comfort and all our powers fail. If … Continue reading

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Löhe on 1. Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them– yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. … Continue reading

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Löhe on 1. Corinthians 15:8-9

And last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. (1Co 15:8-9 NIV) … Continue reading

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Löhe on 1. Corinthians 15:3-6

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and … Continue reading

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Löhe on 1. Corinthians 15:2

By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. (1Co 15:2 NIV) Life is serious – und our sojourn through it is plastered with choices. The apostle indicates … Continue reading

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Löhe on 1. Corinthians 15:1

Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. (1Co 15:1 NIV) The gospel proclaims God’s big deeds of salvation. In it his grace of salvation … Continue reading

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Löhe on Song of Solomon 2:16

My lover is mine and I am his. (Sol 2:16 NIV) I would give my life and all that that entails for one receptacle of the most precious ointment for the head of my Lord. Yet because he is not here for … Continue reading

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